Clock.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

A. W. OWEN.

CLOCK. APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 11. 1905 M7? M w 422 z'zizess es: 177/ /ZmUNITED STATES PATENT oriuon.

ARTHUR W. OWEN, OF IVINSTED, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE W'M. L.GILBERT CLOCK COMPANY, OF WINSTED, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

CLOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1906.

Application filed March 11, 1905. Serial No, 249,557.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. OWEN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Winsted, in the county of Litchfleld and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClocks, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates particularly to devices for supporting the belland for holding the works in the case.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side view of my invention onthe line 00 cc of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a rear view with part of the casebroken away. Fig. 3 is a view of the bell and strut.

Referring to the drawings, a is the clockcase, such as is used for whatare known as al arin-clocks.

I) is the movement-frame in which the clock mechanism is mounted and towhich is secured the dial 0 by means of the arm 0 The back (Z of thec1ock-case is preferably secured to the movement-frame. It has a flangecl, which comes flush with the end of the case a.

e is the bell carried on the strut f, which has legs g g, having tenonsg g, which take into apertures 76 7c in the side walls of the case. Athird leg h on the strut has at its end the pivoted dog h, which can beturned to engage the aperture 76 in the case. When the back of the caseit flanged, as illustrated in the drawings, it is of course necessary topierce the flange in order that the tenons on the legscan enter theopenings in the clock-case. By this construction and arrangement of theparts the bell is located at the rear of the clock and is supported bythe side walls of the case. It is pierced at proper points by openingsto permit of access to the various winding and setting arbors, themanner of supporting the bell insuring that the winding and settingarbors will always be centrally arranged with respect to these openings.

When the dial and the back of the case are carried by themovement-frame, the works may be readily placed in and taken out of theclock-case. It is necessary to have some means for holding the parts inposition in the case. This has usually been done by small set-screws orsome such similar devices. It will be noted from my construction thatthe legs of the strut bear against the back of the case, andconsequently that the very act of placing the bell in position alsolooks the works in the case, and, conversely, the removing of the bellunlocks the parts, so that they can be readily removed from the case,thus providing an extremely simple method of assembling anddisassembling the parts.

I claim as my invention 1. In a clock the case, a strut having two ormore legs whose ends take into openings in the side walls of said case,and a bell mounted on said strut at the rear of the case. I

2. In a clock the case, a strut having two or more legs, tenons formedat the ends of said legs and adapted to enter openings in the side wallsof the case, and a bell mounted on said strut.

3. In a clock the case having apertures through its side walls, themovement-frame located in said case, the dial and back of the casesecured tosaid frame, a strut having legs with their ends located inapertures in the side walls of the case, said legs bearing against theback of the clock-case, and a bell supported on said strut.

4. A clock-case, bell and support for said bell, said case includingside and rear parts, and also a movement-frame carried by said rearpart; the said support acting to secure together said side and rearparts.

5. The combination with a clock-case and the movement-frame containedtherein, of a strut arranged at the rear of said case supported from theside walls thereof and providing means for securing said movementi'ramein place, and a bell mounted on said strut at the rear of said case,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR W. Ol/VEN.

WVitnesses:

OARABEL KINNEY, HUBERT I. WETMORE.

